he arrives precisely when he means to

as is my ritual/custom, i'm watching LOTR today. i usually watch once every quarter. it used to be much more frequently (once a month!) but i have a life and things to do and that's a lot of time! but today is my quarterly LOTR fest and let me tell you, i'm giddy. lots giddy actually because i adore LOTR. how cool is it that tolkein created an entire world that countless people would love to exist in. i for one can't wait to name my estate rivendale and name my horses after the many awesome characters from the stories.

i remember being in grad school when the movies first started gracing the big screen and wondering why i had never heard of this amazing story before. i grew up a big reader, seems i should have at least heard of them. but i hadn't. so when i was introduced i read all three books in a matter of a week and waited patiently to purchase my ticket for the big screen. none of this really has anything to do with the reason for this post. but i like a good story as much as the next person!

so, he arrives precisely when he means to - what the hay? gandalf said it and of course that makes it sage wisdom! i heart gandalf. i wish he was my grandpa. then i could go around singing "he's not my daddy he's my grandpa." omg. i'm sorry. that was random. that geico commerical is stuck in my head! i've tweeted it twice today and i've been singing the song nonstop.

sigh. okay, why is that a wizard is never late or never early? because he arrives precisely when he means to. time is his own construct. that made me think about god. yes, i'm making theological connections between LOTR and religion. some people consider that blasphemy. i consider those people dumb. moving on. god is always on time. in our world, he seems late sometimes. things are dire and we need a right now action from him. sometimes he doesn't move. i mean, all the praying and crying and begging and fasting and whatever other ritual we know to do doesn't make him come when we want. but how is it that people say he may not come when you want him but he's always right on time? because, he comes precisely when he means to.

i'm trying to accept that simple fact about god. i know my emergency doesn't mean an emergency for him. because when you exist outside of time, geesh, you can stop it and restart it or slow it down or speed it up as you please. that might break the rules of physics as we know them but god is outside of the laws of physics too. yes, big time mind frak! like i said, i'm trying to wrap my mind around a god that is beyond my comprehension. doesn't seem fair does it? life's not fair.